The reconstructed section of the Pentagon, scheduled to reopen by Sept. 11,
will include a memorial chapel near the point of impact of the jet commandeered
by terrorists, the Army chief of chaplains said this week.

The chapel, the first permanent space at the Pentagon for meditation and
prayer, will display a colored-glass window memorializing the victims of last
fall's attack, said Lt. Col. Eric Wester, a spokesman for the chaplain's
office.

The five-sided window measures five feet from point to point and includes a
logo designed by graphic artists at the Defense Department for use at a memorial
service held at the Pentagon in October. The logo features the head of a bald
eagle, the image of the Pentagon, a flowing U.S. flag and the words, "United in
Memory, September 11, 2001."

Window designer Dennis Roberts, of IHS Studios in Fredericksburg, Tex., added
crimson squares arranged in two circles to represent the 184 U.S. civilians and
military personnel who died in the attack. The window contains more than 500
pieces of inch-thick, faceted glass (called Dalle de Verre), and it is
fabricated to resemble stained glass.

Maj. Gen. Gaylord T. Gunhus, chief of chaplains for the Army, unveiled the
window Thursday at a leadership training conference for chaplains in Hilton
Head, S.C.

"Throughout history, art has served as the public expression of humankind's
deepest emotion, thoughts and faith," he said of the project. "Through creating
this stained-glass window, we will express our faith as well as honor those we
remember who were taken from us."

During the three-day conference, more than 400 senior Army chaplains and
their assistants participated in the window's construction, each one placing a
piece of numbered glass in its designated spot. Roberts, whose studio donated
its materials and services, then poured epoxy into the seams to secure pieces.

Col. Larry Racster, a chaplain in Gunhus's office who oversaw the work of 18
to 20 military chaplains supporting rescue and recovery workers last fall, said
piecing the window together was emotional for everyone involved. His
contribution was a crimson piece he placed in honor of his friend Lt. Col. David
M. Scales, an Army reservist who died in the attack.

Pentagon officials said that plans for the chapel are incomplete and that it
is uncertain whether the window will be placed in an exterior wall or in an
interior wall with artificial illumination.

Racster said visitors will want to see the approximate point of impact, and
when they do, they will find that the chapel and window are "a vision of hope,
of overcoming and remembering the sacrifice nobody thought we would make in the
Pentagon, sitting in Washington, D.C."

Wester said the permanent meditation room will be welcomed by many of the
23,000 people who work at the Pentagon. Various auditoriums and multipurpose
rooms have served as temporary chapels, he said.